Saint-Armel (Ille-et-Vilaine)
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Saint-Armel Sant-Armael-ar-Gilli |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine | |
| Arrondissement | Rennes | |
| Canton | Janzé | |
| Community association | Rennes metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 1 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 22-79 m | |
| surface | 7.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,981 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 256 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 35230 | |
| INSEE code | 35250 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-armel-35.fr/ | |
 Saint-Armel town hall |
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Saint-Armel ( Breton : Sant-Armael-ar-Gilli ) is a French municipality with 378 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Rennes and is part of the canton of Janzé .
geography
Saint-Armel is about 13 kilometers south-southeast of Rennes . The Seiche limits the community in the northeast; there the Yaigne flows into the river. Saint-Armel is surrounded by the neighboring communities Vern-sur-Seiche in the north and west, Nouvoitou in the east and north-east, Corps-Nuds in the south and south-east and Bourgbarré in the west and south-west.
The place has a train station on the Châteaubriant – Rennes railway line .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 521 | 716 | 809 | 1.003 | 1,290 | 1,393 | 1,721 | 1,848 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Armel church, historic monument since 1988
- Tower of the former Chambière castle
- Vaugon Bridge
Personalities
- Armel des Boschaux (482–552 or 570), abbot, saint of the Roman Catholic Church in Les Boschaux (in the parish of Saint-Armel) died
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , pp. 385-388.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Armel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
